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- verb Present participle of
decipher .
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Examples
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He also advanced the three-colour theory of vision and made the breakthrough in deciphering the
Index of People 2009
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Just people are are well trained in deciphering arguments (premise, conclusion, assumptions, fallacies ...) and do a good job of pointing that out to the general public.
Toward Better Debate, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And while election officials plan to be lenient in deciphering voter intent in determining whether a ballot for Murkowski counts, they've provided no set standard for what would be allowable.
Alaska Senate Election: Lisa Murkowski & Joe Miller Continue To Fight In Unresolved Race AP 2010
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Unable to engage their brains in deciphering the patterns of sound, Mr. Ball argues, listeners soon become frustrated and then bored.
Hear It, Feel It Eric Felten 2010
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So if you wonderful French-speakers could give a hand in deciphering, I shall be quite grateful.
It sucks to be uni-lingual sometimes... fantasyecho 2008
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He catches here part of the difficulty in deciphering the messages (intended or not) bequeathed to us by the past.
Harry Potter Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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The contribution of the chemists proved to be essential in deciphering the mysteries of the new element.
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Shuga relays what they found out in deciphering the stone tablets.
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I babysat my best friend's toddlers yesterday and was reminded that any skill I once had in deciphering toddler speak is long in the past.
Stoopid Mummy 2007
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He catches here part of the difficulty in deciphering the messages (intended or not) bequeathed to us by the past.
Archive 2007-07-01 Mary Kate Hurley 2007
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